Improvement in station-indicators



A. WEST. Station-Indicator;

No. 208,655. Patented Oct. 1, I878.

r fi) XWM JQMUR %wnz ATTORNEY PErERS, PNDTO-LFIHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. DC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW WEST, OF BIRMINGHAM, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STATION-INDICATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,655, dated October1, 1878; application filed March 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW WEsT, of 'Birmingham,inthe county of VanBuren,and inthe State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Station Indicators; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a station-indicator, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe' itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichrFigure 1 is a front elevation of my stationindicator. Fig. 2 is atransverse "ertical section of the same.

A represents a box, of any suitable dimensions, provided with a glassfront, B. At top and bottom of this box are two rollers or drums, G C,to which the apron D is attached, said apron passing down close againstthe inside of the glass front B, and having the names of the differentstations printed or painted upon it, so as to be seen through the glass.

The rollers G C are provided with knobs O C, for turning the same asrequired.

Above the bottom roller is a shelf, E, upon which is placed a lamp, F,admitted through a side door, A, in the box or case A.

From the front edge of the shelf E extends a glass plate, I, the entirewidth of the box, close to the back of the apron D, and extending upwardto any desired height. This glass plate not only protects the apron fromthe heat of the lamp, but also from becoming soiled by any oil thatmight leak out or be spilled upon the shelf E.

G is a conical chimney arranged above the lamp in the top of the box A.

I am fully aware that station-indicators with rollers or drums andaprons connected thereto are not new, and I therefore do not claim suchbroadly as my invention.

An alarm, B, may also be arranged in the box to call the attention ofthe passengers when the indicator is changed.

ANDREW WEST.

Witnesses F. G. TORRENGE, JOSIAH ANDERSON.

